The Channel Tunnel, also referred to as the Chunnel, opened on May 6th, 1994. It’s an underground rail service connecting Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdome with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais, France. The American Society of Civil Engineers has called it one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The tunnel carries passengers on a high speed railway service underwater for 31.4 miles. Construction began on this tunnel in 1988 and in it’s peak had 15,000 people Read More >>